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Riding the Rails With America's Last Train-Hoppers
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/trainhoppers
Published: November 3, 2026 01:51
When Alicia hopped her first train in May 2024, a southbound freighter out of Georgia, there were a few things she didn’t know yet. First of all: where it was going. Second, that when you’re riding the rails, it’s best to travel light.
How Fiction Shows the Possibilities of Radical Environmental Activism
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-fiction-shows-the-possibilities-of-radical-environmental-activism
Published: November 1, 2026 22:08
Eco-terrorism was fiction before it was reality.
Kyle Kulinski on Bill Maher, Abdul El-Sayed, and America’s War Crimes
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/kyle-kulinski-on-bill-maher-abdul-el-sayed-and-x
Published: October 30, 2026 18:50
Kyle Kulinski is one of the most popular political commentators on YouTube, with over 2 million subscribers to his Secular Talk channel. He’s also a co-host, with Krystal Ball, of the Krystal Kyle & Friends podcast, and a co-founder of Justice Democrats,…
What South Africans Know About Elon Musk
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/what-south-africans-know-about-elon-musk
Published: October 29, 2026 18:13
[Content warning: Racism, child sexual abuse]
At 80 years old, Errol Musk, father of Elon, has the look of a demonically aged Hugh Grant. When he speaks of South Africa, he doesn’t waver on the main point: “we never saw this oppression you’re talking…
Angie Nixon and the Unexpected Surge of Progressivism in Florida
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/angie-nixon-and-the-unexpected-surge-of-progressivism-in-florida
Published: October 28, 2026 18:28
Three location changes, a program that didn’t get started until after 10 PM due to security concerns, and absolutely brutal South Florida humidity didn’t seem to deter the at-capacity crowd for the “Chomp the Oligarchy” rally in mid-August.
A Seaside Shrine to the Slaveholders' Insurrection
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/a-seaside-shrine-to-the-slaveholders-insurrection
Published: October 28, 2026 01:58
After the U.S. Civil War, instead of being hanged as a traitor, Confederate president Jefferson Davis was released on bail. His treason charges were ultimately dropped in 1869, leaving the defeated insurrectionist free to roam the land as he pleased,…
Traveling Route 66 in the Age of Data Centers
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/traveling-route-66-in-the-age-of-data-centers
Published: October 26, 2026 22:31
Some of these places along here, they used to be somewhere.